Australian Aboriginal prehistory / D.J. Mulvaney
- Bib ID:
- 171784
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mulvaney, D. J. (Derek John), 1925-2016
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Nelson, c1970
- 39 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0170049280 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Childrens book; brief notes on antiquity generally, archaeology, excavating techniques, stratigraphy (Fromms Landing & Kenniff Cave as examples), carbon dating (dates for Kenniff Cave, Koonalda, Darling River sites); origin of Aborigines, prehistoric animal species and their extinction, introduction of dingo & its non existence in Tasmania, camp sites & middens; changes in stone tools & their uses (explains terminology & methods of manufacture), weapons, rock art (Koonalda & Mount Cameron West), sacred value of rock art, Aboriginal concept of attachment to land, food getting; includes questions for discussion, research projects.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 38-39.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities
- Sites - Middens
- Dating and chronology - Carbon dating
- Art - Rock art - Dating and attribution
- Hunting, gathering and fishing
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Technology - Stone
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Sites - Excavations
- Weapons
- Australia -- Antiquities
- Koonalda Cave (Far West SA Nullarbor SH52-15)
- Southwest New South Wales (SW NSW SI54, SI55)
- Preminghana / Mount Cameron West (NW Tas SK55-03)
- Fromms Landing (SE SA SI54-10)
- Kenniff Cave (Carnarvon Range SW Qld SG55-07)
- Darling River (NSW SH55, SI54)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2086 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2016
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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